Ole Covered Wagon Tours | Visit Potter-Tioga, PA
Guided, horse-drawn covered wagon rides through the PA Grand Canyon! Take a jump into history while enjoying everything the canyon has to offer. Waterfall Wagons - Cookout Wagons - Draft Horse Driving Clinics.
Ole Covered Wagon Tours INC
The Ole Covered Wagon Tours is a family owned and operated business in the beautiful Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Come take a tour with us through the wondrous Pennsylvania Grand Canyon on a horse drawn covered wagon. The tour guides are fluent in the history of the Canyon going back to the 19th century. They will tell the tale while the horses wind their way on the Pine Creek Rail trail. Take a jump into history while enjoying everything the canyon has to offer. In addition, we offer several specialties. We will be offering a regular cookout wagon ride and a waterfall cookout wagon ride. Soon we will be posting information for our Draft Horse Driving Clinics. This is a teamster driving clinic using a team of horses. Please check back for more information and upcoming events. All of us at OLE COVERED WAGON TOURS look forward to seeing you in the Canyon!
Grand Canyon of PA, Wellsboro Part 2
My wife and I took a road trip to Niagara Falls. On the way we spend some time in Wellsboro, PA. Near the sleepy little town is the Grand Canyon of PA (Pine Creek Gorge).
Music: Lakey Inspired
WELLSBORO AND THE PENNSYLVANIA GRAND CANYON!
Stompin' at the Saloon written by Sue Cunningham performed by Sue Cunningham and Verlon Thompson from their CD Find Your Angel.
Pine Creek Rail Trail 2010
The sights and sounds of a 32 mile round trip bike ride, on the Pine Creek Rail Trail, from Blackwell, to Darling Run, Pennsylvania. 2010
Colton Point State Park - Pine Creek Gorge - PA
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PA Grand Canyon trip 2017
Video from our trip to the PA Grand Canyon and the Hills Creek State Park in Wellsboro, PA.
Footage is from April 29th to May 1st 2017.
Trail Ride
Trail Riding in the Little Missouri State Park, ND
LRCC Road Trip to Pa Grand Canyon 2014
In September, 2014, LRCC members went on a three day road trip to Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon and Wellsboro, Pa. A wonderfully attended and rewarding get together for LRCC. Twenty-six Corvettes and 50 people made the trip to the Coach Stop Inn. The club participated in a covered wagon ride to the Grand Canyon followed by an afternoon train ride luncheon. A Sunday BBQ hosted by the Inn followed a trip to the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY.
Pennsylvania Grand Canyon - October 2018
Running along the river
Exploring The PA Grand Canyon | Visit Potter-Tioga, PA
The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon is bordered by two state parks. Tim Morey takes us into the canyon on one of the more popular trails located in Leonard Harrison State Park
Two Counties, One Destination | Visit Potter-Tioga, PA
Check out great attractions and activities in the Keystone of the Keystone State, Visit Potter-Tioga! Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon, the Dark Sky Park at Cherry Springs, the Pine Creek Rail Trail, 10 State Parks, Two Federal Parks and world-class outdoor recreation are waiting for you.
The History of the Wilkin & Son General Store (1872 to 1961) Volant, PA
The dates used for Jonathan and Eleanor's early life and the establishment of the general store in Volant in 1872 come from page 79 in the History of Lawrence County written in 1887 compiled by Wick W. Wood working for the News Company, Ltd. It states, They (Jonathan & Eleanor Wilkin) remained there (Springfield Falls, PA) until 1872, when they came to Volant and opened a store, buying the store room they are now located in.
It should be noted that the History of Lawrence County PA 1770-1877 (written in 1877) by S.W. & P.A. Durrant states that John & William Graham had a store in Volant which was built soon after the town was laid out in 1872, and that it was the first building erected in the new town. And that Jonathan Wilkin also has a store. So by this account it would still be possible for both stores to have been built in 1872.
However, later on page 82 of the Wick W. Wood history, it states that the Graham Brothers store was established in 1875. So at this point it is unclear if the date for the J Wilken & Son store was 1872 or sometime between 1875-1877. The original Graham's store burned down around 1900. The store which they built to replace it later housed the First Seneca Bank in the 1970's.
Wick W. Wood further states that the cousin of Eleanor Drake Wilkin, John Drake (1846-1915), worked in the Graham Brothers General Store from the beginning. In 1876 John Drake married Sarah Graham and so became William Graham's brother-in-law. In 1882 John Drake bought into the business and became a partner.
The other early buildings that Durrant mentions as present in 1877 are: the grist mill built in 1812 and owned by J.P. Locke (who originally laid out the town on 100 acres in 1872), the New Castle & Franklin Railroad finished in 1873, the Methodist-Episcopal Church built in 1875, two shoe shops owed by George Carr & Frank Herman, a blacksmith shop owned by Isaac Kirk and two harness shops owned by John Potter & Archibald Carr.
Durrant noted that a covered bridge was to be erected later that year of 1877, though other sources say it was already built in 1875.
The Volant Post Office was established about 1840-45 in a nearby mill on the Neshannock and William Hoover was appointed the first postmaster in 1858. In 1874 the office was moved to the new town laid out in 1872 by Mr. Locke and it is thought the name of the town was changed from Lockville to Volant at that time. In 1875 or 1876 William Graham was appointed the first postmaster at this location. The building which housed the post office as of the 1960's was built by Jonathan & Eleanor Wilkin around 1910 and was later owned by their daughter Hettie Johnson.
Note: the grist mill was bought by David D. Simison's father in 1879. And D.D. Simison took over the mills operation in 1886. D. D. Simison's wife was Matilda Jane Jordan. Her sister Elizabeth Catherine Jordan married Valencia Osceola Wilkin, Jonathan Wilkin's son, who was the Son of the J Wilkin & Son General Store. The mill and the store were directly across the street from each other.
Frank Moorhead who moved to Volant in 1887 and drove Jonathan Wilkin's butter and egg wagon through the country, later built his own little store and then a larger one in 1899. He studied and became a druggist and also ran a soda fountain out of the store and made his own ice cream.
Two later historical pamphlets indicate Jonathan & Eleanor Wilkin's first failed attempt at a store (which one would assume is the period of 1865-68 stated by Wood) was east of the mill in a house owned by Sam Steve. In the early 1970's this same house was owned by one Frances Stove.
Wood indicates that Jonathan & Eleanor Wilkin moved back to Leesburg (6 miles northeast of Volant) in 1868 and then to Springfield Falls (2 miles north of Leesburg) where they erected a house and store room at the old furnace. And they also became interested in a planing mill at the furnace. Then in 1872 they returned to Volant.
Pennsylvania Grand Canyon in October
This is the Pine Creek Gorge, commonly known as the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, located in Tioga County. It is a popular tourist attraction. Since it is only an hour's drive from my home, I usually visit the place twice a year. Once in summer and once in the fall to see the fall colors.
WATERVILLE WEEKEND, SEPT 2013 1
Weekend we spent with our Grand Children in the Little Grand Canyon of PA.
AMC Eagle
The AMC Eagle is a compact-sized four-wheel drive passenger vehicle that was produced by American Motors Corporation from 1979 to 1987.
Introduced in August 1979 for the 1980 model year, the coupe, sedan, and station wagon body styles were based on the AMC Concord.
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